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This thread will be updated on a regular basis when new bills come in for Pennsylvania.

Note: We will only post legislation we feel is negative or positive, those new bills which don't actually effect your rights will not be included but you can always find them on the state legislation page.

SB27 would require a minimum 1 year sentence for carrying a firearm without a license

SB37 would remove the requirement to have a license to carry when carrying during a state of emergency

SB28 would allow PA to prohibit people who have been convicted of a crime in another state using the PA equivalent of that crime. In other words if someone is convicted or a misdemeanor 3 in another state (which is not prohibiting) but in PA it is a misdemeanor 1 (which is prohibiting) they would then be prohibited in PA

SB37 would make firearm safety locks and equipment tax exempt

SB112 would prohibit anyone on the terrorist screening list from owning a firearm

SB81 would prohibit any state or local employees of funds from being used to enforce any federal law that attempts to register, restrict or ban the ownership or purchase of a firearm, component of a firearm or ammunition

Posted January 30th, 2017 04:48 pm

dc daltonPennsylvaniaPosts: 531

New last week:

HB167 would strengthen the states stand your ground law

SB209 is a universal background check bill

Posted February 14th, 2017 05:39 pm

dc daltonPennsylvaniaPosts: 531

New this week:

SB224 would eliminate the PICS system in favor of using the NICS system for background checks

SB117 would Expand the categories for denial of firearms ownership.

HB273 would create a self-exclusion list for firearm sales that would be maintained by state police

HB265 adds hearing and notification requirements when a license to carry is revoked

HB292 would ban binary explosives

SB116 would require completion of a safety course to get a license to carry firearms

HB420 would allow firearm sales to go through if the PICS system is down for more than 48 or if it is down and the person has a license to carry firearms

HB434 would protect all firearms and accessories made and kept in the state from federal laws

Posted February 19th, 2017 11:52 am

dc daltonPennsylvaniaPosts: 531

New this week:

SB383 would allow certain school employees access to firearms

SB386 would increase the penalties for making a false statement on a firearm form

SB98 is another attempt to allow Philadelphia to have their own guns laws by increasing penalties on the illegal carry of firearms

Posted February 24th, 2017 02:30 pm

dc daltonPennsylvaniaPosts: 531

New this week HB528 would make anyone on the terrorist watch list a prohibited person

Posted March 3rd, 2017 12:27 pm

dc daltonPennsylvaniaPosts: 531

New this week:

HB610 would require every firearm in the state to be registered and be issued a separate certificate for each registration

HB657 would require background checks to rent firearms at gun ranges

SB5 would strengthen preemption laws to include relief and legal fees to a person challenging a local ordinance

Posted March 27th, 2017 10:27 am

dc daltonPennsylvaniaPosts: 531

New for Pennsylvania:

HB682 would outlaw replica toy guns

HB680 would require anyone who owns, wants to purchase or possess a firearm to get a firearms eligibility license

HB684 would make it illegal to carry firearms in most government buildings in Harrisburg

HB718 would make gun safes and locking devices tax exempt

HB763 would eliminate the PICS system in favor of the NICS

HB775 would prohibit sharing any license to carry information with any other state that does not have a reciprocity agreement with PA in place

SB498 would prohibit any state money from being used to to enforce any federal registration, ban on ownership or registration of firearms

HB194 is another liberal attempt to ban assault weapons

HB832 would require all lost or stolen firearms to be reported within 72 hours

HB870 would allow school officials to appoint staff and teachers that are allowed access to firearms

HB918 would remove the 'character and reputation' provisions regarding applicants and suspensions of licenses to carry a firearm

Posted May 30th, 2017 12:09 pm

dc daltonPennsylvaniaPosts: 531

HB954 would exempt all firearms and ammunition manufacturer and kept in the state from all federal firearms

SB501 would make those under a protection order give up their firearm to law enforcement or sell them to a dealer, no other choices

HB1115 would require background checks on all ammunition sales

HB1247 throws out constitutional safeguards on unlawful search and seizure for firearms based on the word of the abused spouse.

HB1260 would prohibit the destruction of seized firearms, requiring them to be sold to a dealer, sold at auction, or used by an agency

HB1367 would make it a crime to carry a firearm if you have a blood alcohol level or .8 or higher. It should be noted no other offense would need to happen to be arrested for this.

HB1400 would require background checks on all firearm sales

Posted July 17th, 2017 11:54 am

dc daltonPennsylvaniaPosts: 531

HB1491 would make firearms non-taxable one day a year, Aug 30

HB1493 would prohibit employers from banning firearms stored in vehicles by employees that aren't prohibited on business property

SB743 would require mental health facilities to report patients that are admitted to the state police

HB1505 would require all sales of firearms, except between licensed dealers, to include a locking device

HB1507 would require anyone that wishes to get a carry license to also get liability insurance

SR148 is another feel good nonsense bill that would make June 2017 gun violence awareness month

HB1635 would require people to keep their firearms locked up if they 'know or should know' that a minor could access them

Posted September 30th, 2017 10:41 am

dc daltonPennsylvaniaPosts: 531

HB1709 would require anyone that owns or wants to buy a firearm get training and be issued a certificate by the state police

HB1771 would set up a taxpayer funding statewide gun buyback program

Posted October 28th, 2017 01:09 pm

dc daltonPennsylvaniaPosts: 531

HB1872 would ban the sale of any device that accelerates the rate of fire of any firearm

Posted November 29th, 2017 12:09 pm

dc daltonPennsylvaniaPosts: 531

HB1935 would provide secure gun lockers for the storage of firearms belonging to corrections officers at all State Correctional Institutions

SB969 would outlaw bump fire stocks

Posted December 29th, 2017 12:09 pm

dc daltonPennsylvaniaPosts: 531

HB1985 would ban people from carrying firearms at public demonstrations or within 1000 feet of a public demonstration

Posted January 20th, 2018 12:09 pm

dc daltonPennsylvaniaPosts: 531

SR253 urges congress to amend the gun control act of 1968 to allow medical marijuana users to own firearms

Posted January 30th, 2018 12:09 pm

dc daltonPennsylvaniaPosts: 531

HB2016 is an attempt to limit the power of the governor during states of emergency to control firearms, the problem with the bill is it still allows the governor certain times to actually limit carrying firearms

HB2021 would repeal language regarding carrying firearms without a license during a declared state of emergency (open carry)

HB2022 would remove add another exception to carrying a firearm without a license (open carry) during a state of emergency allowing anyone not prohibited to continue to caarry

HR656 urges congress to amend the gun control act of 1968 to allow medical marijuana users to own firearms

SB1030 would outlaw the sale of future bump stocks

SR258 is a resolution urging congress to remove marijuana from the schedule I so that user could purchase firearms

Posted February 19th, 2018 12:09 pm

dc daltonPennsylvaniaPosts: 531

HB2097 would make anyone arrested or convicted of domestic abuse a prohibited person (a conviction of domestic abuse is already a prohibiting factor under federal law)

Posted March 6th, 2018 12:09 pm

dc daltonPennsylvaniaPosts: 531

HB2109 would create 'active firearm restraining orders' essentially the same as the extreme risk protections orders being pushed by liberals

HB2112 is a high capacity magazine ban

Posted March 8th, 2018 06:18 pm

AMGOA StaffPennsylvaniaPosts: 260

HB2120 would outlaw the sale of 'assault' weapons to anyone under 21

Posted March 17th, 2018 01:33 pm

AMGOA StaffPennsylvaniaPosts: 260

Posted March 23rd, 2018 11:24 am

AMGOA StaffPennsylvaniaPosts: 260

SB18 would create extreme risk protection orders

SB17 would ban the sale of 'assault' weapons and high capacity magazines and raise the age to own an 'assault' weapon to 21. It would also require all currently owned 'assault' rifles to be registered